A cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve the mental health support and training available to secondary school teachers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental health; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN95909211
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Bristol (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27756268 protocol 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32847622/ Process evaluation (added 02/09/2020) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34762673/ (added 12/11/2021) 2018 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2617-4 Process evaluation (added 10/03/2023) 2021 Results article in https://doi.org/10.3310/phr09120 (added 10/03/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-25
• Study Completion: 2019-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 20 March 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

The unit of randomisation is schools. The inclusion criteria are all state mainstream secondary schools within the relevant local authorities that did not take part in the pilot. Within participating schools, all teachers are eligible for inclusion, and all students who are in year 8 at the beginning of the study, whose parents have not withdrawn consent.

Exclusion Criteria

For schools:
1. Fee paying schools
2. Special schools (e.g., for those with learning disabilities)
3. Pupil referral units
4. Schools that were pilot schools
5. Schools already participating in other, similarly intensive, research studies (healthy schools teams will advise on this)
6. Schools already delivering MHFA training

For teachers: anyone who does not consent.

For students: anyone who is not in year 8, anyone who does not consent, and anyone whose parents have withdrawn consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Teachers' scores on the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) measured at baseline, one year later and two years later

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> The secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, one year later (teacher outcomes only) and two years later (teacher and student outcomes):<br> 1. Teachers' scores on the 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)<br> 2. Teachers' self-reported absence in the previous four working weeks<br> 3. School-level teacher absence over the previous academic year<br> 4. Teacher self-reported presenteeism over the previous four working weeks<br> 5. Year 10 students' scores on the WEMWBS<br> 6. Year 10 student total scores on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) self-report version<br> 7. School-level student attainment in statutory exams<br> 8. School-level student attendance over the previous academic year<br>